Gummed paper-fastener



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JOSEPH M. JONES, 0F PARIS, KENTUCKY.

GUMMED PAPER-FASTENER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 382,813, dated May 15, 1888.-

Application filed October 25, 1887. Serial No. 253,328. (No model.)

T0 aZZ whom it may concern:

Beit known that I, JOSEPH M. JONES, of Paris, in thecounty of Bourbon and State of Kentucky, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Gummed Paper-Fasteners, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to fasteners for securing sheets, strips, or pieces of paper together for various purposes or uses, in which a strip of paper or other flexible material gummed or having adhesive material applied to both sides is made readily detachable, by means of perforations, from a continuous'gummed piece with which it is integral, for the purpose of securing, upon suitably dampening the detached strips 'or the surfaces to which they were applied, separate sheets or pieces of ungummed paper together in counting-houses and elsewhere.

The invention consists in an elongated and separable gum med strip of novel construction, for the purposes above described, substantially as hereinafter set forth, and pointedout in the claim, the same essentially differing from other gummed paper-fasteners, includ-.

ing those put up in perforated roll form, de tachable into strips, and wound upon a spool or reel, and others in which a scrap-book is provided with strips or sheets of paper gummed on both sides and attached to thcbook for separation, as required.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar letters of referenoe'indicate corresponding parts in both thefigures.

Figure 1 represents a view in perspective of a gummed strip and its holder embodying my invention, and Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section through the holderwith a gummed strip as wound upon a reel in full.

A is the adhesive strip of paper of indefinite length, but of the width necessary for use without tearing itlongitudinally. It is used in prescribed lengths to unite sheets or pieces of paper together by tearing it off in Sections or dividing it transversely through transverse rows of perforations 1), arranged at suitable distances apart, each section a constituting when detached a separate uniting-strip. The

whole strip A, thus made up of transverselydetachable sub-strips c, has the adhesive ma-.

both sides of the undivided strip A; or, in-

other words, intermediate of the transverse rows of perforations b, being indicated bythe letter 8. These blan k or ungummed portions s serve-the purpose of providing for the seizit, or when tearing off a sub-strip 0 through the row of perforations b,which separate it from the adjacent sub-strip, free from all liaare of the strip by the fingers when pulling on bility of the fingers sticking to the strip,which they are very apt to do if seizing a gummed portion of the strip, especially in warm weather, or when the fingers are moist. By

arranging these ungummed portions 8 inter mediate of the rows of perforations b the sub I strip a, when detached and applied to the use for which it is required, virtually establishes a firm hold throughout its length, or at least presents no loose ends.

The strip Amay be of any desired width,

and theperforations b be arranged at any de-' sired distance apart. To facilitate the use of the strip, I wrap it, as thread is wound upon a bobbin, upon a reel, 13, arranged within a divided and opening andclosing case, 0, and made free to turn upon a spindle, d, which passes through the two sections of the divided case, that is provided with a longitudinal slot,.e, throughout its length, for the purpose ofallowingthe strip to work up and down throughout the length of the reel asitisdrawn therefrom. This forms "a very convenient holder for the strip A; but, if desired, any

other form of holder may be used, or the holder may be altogether dispensedwith.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- In gummed paper-fasteners, the strip A, di=

vided transversely at suitable distances apart perforations therein, substantially as and for by rows ofperforations b, and having the gum the purposes specified.

or adhesive material a plied to both of its sides in sections or patghes extending across JOSEPH JONES 5 the rows of perforations, leaving blank or un- WVitnesses:

gnmmed portions or surfaces 8 on both sides DUNCAN BELL, of the strip and intermediate of the rows of EMMITT M. DIOKSQN. 

